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Master Claude AI
From Zero

The complete learning path to understand AI, master the Claude API, and build real applications with Claude Code CLI. No tech background required.

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99
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13
Modules
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Difficulty Levels
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Prerequisites

Your Learning Roadmap

Follow this path from absolute beginner to building real applications. Each module builds on the previous one.

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Module 19 lessons · 88 min

Foundations

Understand what AI and Claude are before writing a single line of code

1
🤖 What is Artificial Intelligence?
Understanding AI in plain English — no tech background needed
8 min
2
💡 What is Programming?
Code explained for absolute beginners — no experience needed
10 min
3
📝 Code Editors & VS Code Setup
Where to write code — install and configure VS Code step by step
10 min
4
⚖️ JavaScript vs Python — Which to Learn?
Compare both languages and pick the right one for your AI journey
8 min
5
🧠 Meet Claude — Your AI Assistant
What makes Claude different and why developers love it
10 min
6
🔌 What is an API?
The bridge between your code and Claude — explained simply
8 min
7
🧬 How LLMs Actually Work
Training, tokens, transformers, and neural networks — explained simply
12 min
8
💰 How AI Pricing Works
Understand tokens, pricing tiers, and how to estimate and reduce your AI costs
12 min
9
🛡️ AI Safety & Responsible Use
Hallucinations, limitations, ethics, and how to use AI responsibly
10 min
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Module 26 lessons · 74 min

Getting Started

Set up your environment and make your first API call

1
🌐 How the Internet Works (HTTP Basics)
URLs, requests, responses, and headers — what happens when you call an API
10 min
2
🔧 Setting Up Your Environment
Get your API key and install everything you need
15 min
3
📡 Your First API Call
Send a message to Claude and understand the response
12 min
4
🎯 Choosing the Right Model
When to use Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku — cost, speed, and quality trade-offs
10 min
5
🖥️ Anthropic Console Walkthrough
Navigate the Console, Workbench, API keys, usage, and prompt playground
12 min
6
🐍 Your First Python Project with Claude
Build a complete Python script that talks to Claude — from setup to running
15 min
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Module 311 lessons · 118 min

Terminal & Command Line

Master your terminal before using Claude Code — essential skills for every developer

1
🖥️ What is the Terminal?
Your computer's most powerful tool — explained for absolute beginners
10 min
2
📁 Files, Folders & Navigation
Understand paths, directories, and how to move around your computer
12 min
3
📝 Creating, Moving & Deleting Files
Master touch, cp, mv, rm, and cat — the essential file commands
12 min
4
⌨️ Terminal Shortcuts & Productivity
Tab completion, history, shortcuts, and tricks that save hours
10 min
5
🔐 Environment Variables & PATH
Understand PATH, set variables, and configure your shell
10 min
6
📦 Package Managers & Installing Software
Install Node.js, Python, and developer tools from the command line
12 min
7
🔒 Permissions, sudo & Admin Access
Understand file permissions, ownership, and running commands as admin
10 min
8
📋 Terminal Cheatsheet & Quick Reference
Every command you need in one place — bookmark this lesson
8 min
9
🔀 What is Git? (Version Control)
Track changes, undo mistakes, and collaborate — Git explained simply
10 min
10
📌 Git Basics — init, add, commit, push
Your first commits — hands-on practice from zero
12 min
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🐙 GitHub — Your Code in the Cloud
Create repos, push code, fork projects, and understand pull requests
12 min
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Module 411 lessons · 140 min

Claude Code CLI

Master the terminal-based AI coding assistant

1
🖥️ Introduction to Claude Code
What it is, what it does, and why it changes everything
10 min
2
📥 Installing Claude Code
Step-by-step installation for every platform
10 min
3
⌨️ Claude Code Essential Commands
Master the core commands and interactive features
15 min
4
💎 Claude Code in VS Code
Inline diffs, @-mentions, plan review, and IDE-integrated workflows
12 min
5
🌐 Claude Code on Web & Desktop
Run Claude Code from your browser or the standalone app — no terminal needed
10 min
6
📝 CLAUDE.md and Memory System
Teach Claude about your project and let it remember across sessions
12 min
7
🔗 Custom Commands & Hooks
Create reusable workflows and automate actions
12 min
8
🔀 Git Workflow with Claude Code
Master git operations through your AI coding assistant — branches, commits, PRs, and more
15 min
9
🐛 Debugging with Claude Code
Paste errors, trace bugs, fix failing tests, and debug across files like a pro
14 min
10
🚀 Advanced Claude Code Workflows
Agent teams, CI/CD integration, and power user tips
15 min
11
🔗 The Claude Code Ecosystem — How Everything Connects
MCP, sub-agents, skills, hooks, rules, and memory — the complete picture
15 min
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Module 57 lessons · 93 min

Core API Skills

Learn to build real applications with the Messages API

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📋 Understanding JSON & Data Formats
The language APIs speak — learn to read and write JSON
10 min
2
💬 Messages API Deep Dive
Master conversations, system prompts, and response handling
15 min
3
✍️ Text Generation Mastery
Summaries, content, code, translations, and data extraction
12 min
4
🌊 Streaming Responses
Stream responses token by token for real-time UIs — with TypeScript and Python examples
15 min
5
🛡️ Error Handling & Best Practices
Rate limits, retries, error codes, and production-ready patterns
14 min
6
🎭 System Prompts Masterclass
Design powerful system prompts that control Claude's behavior precisely
15 min
7
📄 PDFs, Files & Multi-Modal Inputs
Send PDFs, images, and files to Claude for analysis and extraction
12 min
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Module 69 lessons · 118 min

Advanced Features

Tools, vision, extended thinking, and structured outputs

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👁️ Vision — Claude Can See
Send images to Claude and get intelligent analysis
12 min
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🧩 Extended Thinking
Let Claude reason step-by-step for complex problems
12 min
3
🔧 Tools & Web Search
Give Claude the ability to search the web, run code, and use custom tools
15 min
4
📋 Structured Outputs
Get guaranteed JSON responses that match your schema
12 min
5
📦 Batch Processing
Send thousands of requests at 50% discount with async batch processing
13 min
6
💾 Prompt Caching — Save Money
Cache repeated prompts and save up to 90% on input token costs
12 min
7
⚙️ Code Execution Tool
Let Claude write and run code in a sandboxed environment
12 min
8
🖱️ Computer Use Tool
Let Claude control a computer — screenshots, mouse, and keyboard
15 min
9
🔌 MCP — Model Context Protocol
Connect Claude to external tools, databases, and services via MCP
15 min
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Module 76 lessons · 85 min

Prompt Engineering

Write prompts that get exactly what you need

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📐 Prompt Engineering Fundamentals
Write clear, effective prompts that get great results
15 min
2
📋 Prompt Templates & Patterns
Copy-paste ready templates for summarization, extraction, classification, and more
16 min
3
📊 Evaluating & Testing Prompts
Build test suites for your prompts and measure quality systematically
12 min
4
🎓 Advanced Prompt Techniques
Role prompting, output control, and model-specific tips
12 min
5
🤖 Building AI Agent Loops
The observe-think-act agent pattern with tool use and multi-step reasoning
18 min
6
🔒 Prompt Security & Defense
Protect against prompt injection, jailbreaks, and adversarial inputs
12 min
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Module 89 lessons · 165 min

Building Real Projects

Put it all together with hands-on projects

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🗺️ How to Plan an AI Project
From idea to architecture — plan before you code
10 min
2
🤖 Project: Build a Chatbot
Create a full conversational AI chatbot from scratch
20 min
3
🌍 Project: Multi-Language Translation App
Build a CLI tool that translates text between any languages with context awareness
20 min
4
🔍 Project: AI Code Reviewer
Build a tool that reviews code for bugs and improvements
20 min
5
📄 Project: Document Analyzer
Build a tool that reads PDFs and images, extracts key info, and generates summaries
20 min
6
⚙️ Project: CLI Automation Tool
Build scripts that use Claude Code to automate daily dev tasks
15 min
7
🔍 Project: Web Research Agent
Build an agent that searches the web, synthesizes results, and produces cited reports
20 min
8
📈 Project: AI Data Dashboard
Analyze CSV data with Claude's vision and structured outputs to generate insights
20 min
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💬 Project: AI-Powered Slack/Discord Bot
Build a bot that answers questions, summarizes channels, and automates tasks
20 min
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Module 96 lessons · 84 min

Agents & Orchestration

Build autonomous AI agents that plan, use tools, and complete complex tasks

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🤖 What Are AI Agents?
Understand the difference between chatbots and autonomous agents
12 min
2
🧰 Claude Agent SDK Overview
Build custom agents with Claude's official Agent SDK
15 min
3
🧠 Agent Memory & State Management
Build agents that remember context across sessions
12 min
4
🔄 Agent Error Recovery & Retry
Handle failures gracefully in autonomous agent workflows
10 min
5
👥 Building Multi-Agent Systems
Coordinate multiple agents working on different parts of a task
15 min
6
🔬 Project: Autonomous Research Agent
Build an agent that plans research, searches the web, and writes reports
20 min
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Module 107 lessons · 98 min

Production & Deployment

Ship Claude-powered apps to production with security, monitoring, and scale

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🔑 API Keys & Security Best Practices
Protect your keys, manage secrets, and secure your integration
10 min
2
📈 Rate Limits & Scaling
Understand rate limits, handle 429 errors, and scale your application
12 min
3
📡 Monitoring & Observability
Track costs, latency, errors, and usage across your Claude integration
12 min
4
💰 Cost Optimization at Scale
Reduce AI costs by 50-90% with smart caching, batching, and model selection
12 min
5
☁️ Deploying Claude Apps
Deploy your Claude-powered app to Vercel, AWS, or any cloud provider
15 min
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🧪 Testing Production AI Apps
Integration tests, mocking the API, and CI pipelines
12 min
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🏢 Project: Full-Stack AI SaaS App
Build a complete SaaS application with auth, database, Claude API, and deployment
25 min
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Module 116 lessons · 66 min

Enterprise & Cloud

Run Claude on AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure, with enterprise compliance

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👔 Claude for Teams Setup
Set up team plans, manage members, configure SSO and billing
10 min
2
🟠 Claude on Amazon Bedrock
Run Claude through AWS Bedrock — setup, IAM, and API differences
12 min
3
🔵 Claude on Google Vertex AI
Run Claude through GCP Vertex AI — project setup and configuration
12 min
4
🟦 Claude on Microsoft Azure Foundry
Run Claude through Azure — setup and deployment
12 min
5
🏛️ Data Residency & Compliance
Zero Data Retention, HIPAA, SOC2, and geographic data controls
10 min
6
🔐 Enterprise Security Audit Guide
Security checklist and compliance review for AI deployments
10 min
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Module 125 lessons · 61 min

Claude Code for Teams

CI/CD integration, Slack bots, scheduled tasks, and team collaboration

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🐙 GitHub Actions with Claude Code
Automate PR reviews, issue triage, and code quality checks in CI
15 min
2
🦊 GitLab CI/CD with Claude Code
Integrate Claude Code into GitLab merge request workflows
12 min
3
⏰ Routines & Scheduled Tasks
Run Claude on a schedule — morning reviews, nightly audits, weekly reports
12 min
4
💬 Claude Code in Slack
Route bug reports from Slack to pull requests
10 min
5
📋 Team Workflows & Best Practices
Shared CLAUDE.md, team commands, and collaboration patterns
12 min
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Module 137 lessons · 102 min

Specialized Use Cases

RAG, chatbot frameworks, content pipelines, data analysis, and code migration

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🔍 RAG — Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Build knowledge bases with embeddings and vector search
15 min
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🗨️ Building Chatbot Frameworks
Multi-turn state machines, intent routing, and human handoff
15 min
3
✏️ Content Generation Pipeline
Automate blog posts, social media, emails, and marketing content at scale
12 min
4
🔄 Code Migration & Refactoring
Use Claude to migrate codebases, upgrade frameworks, and refactor at scale
15 min
5
📊 Data Analysis & Data Science
CSV/JSON analysis, statistical summaries, and AI-powered insights
15 min
6
🔎 Project: AI-Powered Search Engine
Build a search engine that indexes documents and answers questions with sources
20 min
7
🚀 What's Next — Your AI Journey
Resources, community, advanced topics, and career paths to continue your AI journey
10 min

What You'll Learn

Comprehensive modules covering everything from AI basics to building production applications.

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Module 1

Foundations

Understand what AI and Claude are before writing a single line of code

9 lessons88 min
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Module 2

Getting Started

Set up your environment and make your first API call

6 lessons74 min
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Module 3

Terminal & Command Line

Master your terminal before using Claude Code — essential skills for every developer

11 lessons118 min
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Module 4

Claude Code CLI

Master the terminal-based AI coding assistant

11 lessons140 min
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Module 5

Core API Skills

Learn to build real applications with the Messages API

7 lessons93 min
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Module 6

Advanced Features

Tools, vision, extended thinking, and structured outputs

9 lessons118 min
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Module 7

Prompt Engineering

Write prompts that get exactly what you need

6 lessons85 min
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Module 8

Building Real Projects

Put it all together with hands-on projects

9 lessons165 min
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Module 9

Agents & Orchestration

Build autonomous AI agents that plan, use tools, and complete complex tasks

6 lessons84 min
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Module 10

Production & Deployment

Ship Claude-powered apps to production with security, monitoring, and scale

7 lessons98 min
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Module 11

Enterprise & Cloud

Run Claude on AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure, with enterprise compliance

6 lessons66 min
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Module 12

Claude Code for Teams

CI/CD integration, Slack bots, scheduled tasks, and team collaboration

5 lessons61 min
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Module 13

Specialized Use Cases

RAG, chatbot frameworks, content pipelines, data analysis, and code migration

7 lessons102 min
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